Photography News issue 19

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CameraClubof theYear 2014-15 All five themes have been announced and the final entry date for the whole contest is 5May 2015. You’ve no time to lose – enter today!

The final date for entries is Tuesday 5 May so you still have a reasonable amount of time to sort and finalise your club’s final entry. You may, for example, have a stronger picture now than the one you first entered, so now is the time to change it. It is also worth checking that your club has five pictures per round, ie. 25 images for the five rounds. Some clubs entered just two or three images in some rounds, but for the final scoring you need to have five images in each round. If only four images are entered, the missing fifth will score zero points. Also, please make sure images are 1400 pixels across. We have received some images at much lower resolutions, which won’t do you any favours in the final judging. The winning club in our first-ever Camera Club of the Year 2014-15 contest will be announced in the next issue, due out 18 May 2015. Good luck, everyone.

First, your club’s competition secretary (or whoever is going to enter eachmonth) must sign up at www.absolutephoto.com . Next, click on Members’ Area in the menu bar, then choose Camera Club of the Year 2014- 15 from the list. Register your camera club and follow the upload instructions. Be quick – closing day is 5 May 2015. How to enter

IMAGEOFTHEMONTH Bob Breach, Solihull Photographic Society

CanonAward winners Canon scooped two trophies in the inaugural Advanced Photographer Awards. The Awards, voted for by readersof the magazine, recognise outstanding products and technologies so as you can imagine, to win is a huge achievement. The Canon EOS 5D Mark III won the Best Advanced DSLR category, while the Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye USM emerged triumphant in the Best Wide-angle Zoom Lens category. The 22.3-megapixel EOS 5D Mark III has been on sale for a while now, but it is clearly still a highly revered full-frame DSLR that delivers fantastic quality images time after time. The EF 8-15mm f/4L is the world’s first fisheye zoom that offers both circular and full- frame images. Its excellent optical quality, robust design and constant maximum aperture means this lens is popular among enthusiast and professional users. Congratulations to Canon on their double win.

The standard of entries in Round 4: Travel was as high as ever so picking the Image of the Month was tough. In the end, Waiting for the bullet train by Bob Breach of Solihull Photographic Society emerged as our favourite image. Bob’s beautifully captured image of travellers fits the theme perfectly and the mono treatment works really well.

Also shortlisted this month were Passengers and pigs 2 by Bob Avery of Carluke Camera Club, Indian Summer by Alan Grant of F8 Image Group and Morants Curve Canadian Rockies by Jane Lee of Dorchester Camera Club. Well done and thank you to everyone who entered. Don’t forget, Round 5: Trees closes 4 May.

π To find out more, go to www.canon.co.uk.

Photography News | Issue 19